Love Won't Leave

Chapter One - Waking Up is The Hardest Part

"Stay away from me! Please, I'm begging you, mister!"

"Claire Anne, please, just calm down, I'm just here to talk!"

She was trembling in fear as I drew myself closer to her, but she kept on stepping backwards. I hate seeing her like this... I tried and tried to clarify things to her and to explicate my intentions, but she won't budge.

"She doesn't know you anymore, you know that, Francis..."

"I know..." And it kills me...

"Please! Just...just hear me out. I'm begging you, baby. Just this once..." I held her face with both my hands, tears made my face glimmer against the light. I'm trying my best for my words to reach her heart, but even if we're only

inches apart now, it still feels like she's millions of miles away from my grasp.

"I told you, I CAN'T REMEMBER ANY CHANCES THAT WE'VE MET EACH OTHER, FRANCIS!!! Ano bang hindi mo makuha doon? So please, don't make things too hard for--uhhmm!!! uhhmm!!!"

I cut her speech by kissing her lips harshly. It's my reflexes who made the move. I know that it's against her will for me to do this, hindi n'ya nga kasi ako maalala... But no words existing on earth deserve to express how much I want her to be with me. I continued kissing her until a slap made me stop doing so. I touched my hurting right cheek with my hand as I weakly held back her angry gaze towards me.

"Walang hiya ka! How dare you to take advantage of my weakness! I know I'm no match to your strength brought by the fact that you're a guy! But this is it! Ipapakaladkad na kita sa mga tao sa labas!" She shot.

"I'm desperate right now, Claire Anne! I tried to be calm and straight with how I unriddle your confusion, but this is too much! Hinihingi ko na kumalma ka but instead of complying, Claire Anne, naghihisterikal ka!"

She shifted her eyes to the small window of her door and desperately ran towards it. I hurriedly followed her as she continued to wail.

"Is someone out there?! HELP ME! PLEASE! DRAG THIS MAN OUT OF MY ROOM!!! HELP!!!"

She screams her lungs out like there's no tomorrow. I hugged her from her back and kissed the top of her head.

"Please baby, remember me! I'm tired and hurt and... I don't know what to do anymore... please..." Nanginginig at nanghihina na ang boses ko dahil sa pag-iyak ko but it doesn't bother me anymore. " 'Wag mo naman 'tong gawin sa akin, oohh, parang awa mo na... Mahal na mahal kita, baby. Come back to me, please, Claire Anne Bryne. I love you so much."

She struggled from my embrace and then faced me with tears falling from her eyes. She placed her hands on my shoulders and then started shoving my shoulders vehemently to my surprise.

"Francis, gising na, Francis!!!"

"Francis! FRANCIS!!!"

I sat up on my bed, trying to catch my breath. Nang umayos na ang paghinga ko ay pinunasan ko ang mukha ko ng tuwalyang nakalagay sa ibabaw ng desk ko.

"Damn! How will I get over with that dream..." I hissed as I massaged my temples with my thumb and middle finger.

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Hi, I'm new here on wattpad... the reason why I ended up reading stories here is because of seeking inspiration. Sana po magustuhan ninyo... I prayed to God every day and night just to give me a 'go signal' if I was going to publish this, and thanks to my sister's advice (about a personal problem), I realized that her quote about sharing wasn't only for my problem anymore, it's already

for my story...

I'm very sorry po for being too formal because I'm a journalist and I'm only used in creating editorials...

God is really good for allowing me to share my story.. for my journalism teacher, I hope she won't be disappointed with this. hahaha!!! ^_^

God bless po sa inyo... :)

~>Elijah \m/